Italian Art & Letters after 1945 - John Benjamins

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[#17148] EDIZIONE CENOBIO VISUALITA. Uno - Sei
Numbers 1-6 (all published). Edizione
Cenobio Visualita Ass., Milano, 1979-1984.
8vo., original wrappers, stapled.. Very good
condition. Kept in a cloth slipcase.
EUR 1,700.00
Art direction and design: Aldo Spinelli. Unpaginated
issues in white card covers. Text in Italian,
French and English. With photo illustrations.
No. 1: a cura di Ben. numero un realisé par Ben.
June 1979. Artists included: B. Vautier, S. Freud,
G.E. Debord, J. Kosuth, A. Artaud, Tomek, S.
Kukowski, A. Cravin, F. Picabia, E. Satie, J. Cage, R. Johnson, G. Brecht, J.C.
Guillaumon, A. Kaprow, A. Warhol, Bisoz, J. Lemerre, J. Beuys, S. LeWitt, M.
Pleynet, G. Maciunas, M. Mac Luhan, H. Lefebvre, .P Manzoni, and many
others.
No. 2: a cura de Bernar Venet. Number two edited by Bernar Venet. Photography:
John Abbott, Eeva Inkeri, Andre Morain, Harry Shunk and Grant
Taylor. Art direction and design: Aldo Spinelli.
No. 3: a cura di Vincenzo Accame. number three edited by Vincenzo Accame.
Edizione Cenobio Visualita Ass., Milan, Italy. June 1981. Art direction
and design: Aldo Spinelli.
No. 4: a cura di Sol LeWitt. number four edited by Sol LeWitt. June 1982.
Artists included: John Hilliard, Douglas Huebler, Ian Hamilton Finlay, etc.
No. 5: a cura di Giuseppe Panza di Biumo. number five edited by Giuseppe
Panza di Biumo. June 1983. Photography: G. Sinigaglia and G. Colombo.
Graphics: P. D’Agostino. Artists included:
Carl Andre, Larry Bell, Dan Flavin, Jene Highstein,
Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt
- Richard Nonas, Richard Long, etc.
No. 6: a cura di Arturo Schwarz. number six
edited by Arturo Schwarz.. Artists included:
Gianfranco Baruchello, Alighiero Boetti, Alik
Cavaliere, Ettore Colla, Flavio Costantini,
Sergio Dangelo, Ugo Dossi, Lucio Fontana,
Franco Francese, Pinot Gallizio, Osvaldo
Licini, Piero Manzoni, etc.
Further names of artists included in the various
sections on request.
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[#16442] L’ESPERIENZA MODERNA. Rivista di cultura
contemporanea.
Nos. 1-5 (all publ.). Rome, April 1957 - March 1959.
Complete in 4 numbers (3/4 is a double-issue);
8vo; original wrappers (first two numbers with
small damage to the top of the spines, no 2 with
light soilage to the covers, the other numbers in
mint condition; a very good set). EUR 1,600.00
Avant-garde periodical with ties to surrealism and
dada, directed by Achille Perilli. With contributions by
and features on Gastone Novelli, Fosco Maraini, Nello
Ponente, Bruno Alfieri, A.M. Ripellino (on Chlebnikov),
Achille Perilli (transl. of Kurt Schwitters),
Edouard Jaguer, Cesare Vivaldi, Theod. Koenig, Simone di San Clemente,
Antonio Corpora, Tapiès, Saura, etc. Illustrations include work by Novelli,
Twombly , Klee, Picabia, Ernst, Schwitters, Wols, Arp, Corpora, Scialoja,
Capogrossi, Fontana, Dova, Accradi, Sanfilippo, Alechinsky, Kline, Tàpies,
etc. This periodical, although smaller in presentation, is more or less the
Italian counterpart of ‘Phases’. Covers were designed by Perilli, Carl Fredrik
Reutersvaerd, Gastone Novelli.
10 Italian Art & Letters after 1945 - John Benjamins Antiquariat
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[#7556] EVENTO. critica e cronaca delle arti.
Nos. 1-9 (all published ?; lacking no. 5).
Venezia, Nov./Dec.1957 - Sept./Oct. 1959.
Together 6 issues (nos 3/4 and 7/8 were
double). Original coloured wrappers
(with slight soilage); 4to; illustrated.
EUR 2,000.00
Directed by Toni Toniato & Federico
Bondi, with contribs. by F. Bondi, Toniati,
I. Troubetzkoy, Bruno Rosada, A.P.
de Mandiargues, Guido Ballo, T. Cerretti,
H. Bischoffshausen, F. Russoli, J.J. Leveque,
E. Sanguinetti, etc.; featuring artists like: Edm. Bacci, Lucio Fontana, Aldo
Bergolli, Mario de Luiggi, Gianni Bertini, G. Mathieu, Calder, Capograssi,
Nauman, Pollock, Morani, Burri, Scanavino, Wols, etc.
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[#15520] FLASH ART (Italian Edition). La Prima Rivista di arte
in Europa.
Nos. 92-255. Milano, Ottobre/Novembre
1979 - dicembre 2005/gennaio 2006. Size
(h/w): 27 x 20,5 cm. Original illustrated
wrappers (some with very light soilage, but
generally in fine condition). Illustrated.
EUR 3,000.00
Edited by Giancarlo Politi. ‘The Largest
European Art Magazine’ this is truly the most
informative and influential review on modern
art. Since no. 92/ 93 there are two editions, one
in Italian, one in English. This is the Italian edition. Ongoing set, of over 150
issues. Rare.
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[#17307] FORMA 1. Mensile di Arti Figurative.
Forma 1 (Numero 1), all published. Roma, marzo 1947. 8 pages.
Tabloid size (34,7x24,6 cm), as published, printed b/w;. Light toning
of the newsprint paper in particular extremities, a small closed tear
to the right margin and light wear on the fold; small spine damage
around the staple, with a little loss of paper in the margin only. Small
stain in the margin of p.3.
Altogether however in
generally good condition.
Very rare. EUR 4,000.00
One of the rarest periodicals
of the Italian avant-garde
following the war. The group
FORMA 1 was formed by
Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi,
Pietro Consagra, Piero Dorazio,
Mino Guerrini, Achille
Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo,
Giulio Turcato, a.o.Forma
1 published a Manifest,
subscribed by these artists,
which sought to bridge the
gap between Abstract and
Realist art in Italy in this
period: “Noi ci proclamiamo
FORMALISTI et MARX-